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Current and upcoming releases

Unsupported

Currently in support

Not yet released

A new major version of Mahara is released every 6 months, in April and October. The version numbers reflect the year and the month in which a version was released. See Version Numbering Policy for more details.

The standard support lifetime of a major version is 18 months (3 release cycles):

Receives bug fixes and security fixes for the first 6 months

Receives security fixes only, for an additional 12 months

In the event that a major release substantially breaks backwards compatibility, we may declare the previous release to be an extended support release which will receive security fixes for 30 months (5 release cycles), in order to give sites more time to upgrade. 15.04 is our first extended support release, due to a complete overhaul of the Mahara theme system in 15.10 breaking compatibility for existing custom themes. Currently, there are no extended support releases planned.

Release number

Release date

End of support

19.10

October 2019

19.04

April 2019

October 2020

18.10

October 2018

April 2020

18.04

April 2018

October 2019

17.10

October 2017

April 2019

17.04

April 2017

October 2018

16.10

October 2016

April 2018

16.04

April 2016

October 2017

15.10

October 2015

April 2017

15.04

April 2015

October 2017 (extended support release due to 15.10 theme overhaul)

1.10

October 2014

April 2016

1.9

April 2014

October 2015

1.8

October 2013

April 2015

1.7

April 2013

October 2014

1.6

October 2012

April 2014

Older releases (pre Mahara 1.6)

Prior to Mahara 1.6, Mahara major versions were released as needed, according to no particular schedule. During the transition period to the 6 month release cycle, support for the older releases was provided for 2 release cycles.

Release number

Release date

End of support

1.5

April 2012

October 2013

1.4

June 2011

October 2012

1.3

Sept 2010

April 2012

Definition of support

Being "supported" means:

The release team is committed to making available updates to Mahara that are security related. See Security to find out how to report security bugs to us.

Occasionally, some other serious bug fixes will be included, but these are not guaranteed. If you find another type of bug, please let us know by reporting it on the mahara.org forums or directly on Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+filebug

Specific backporting rules

When deciding which bugs to backport to supported branches, these are the general principles: